The excavating began on Monday, November 3rd. The contractor delivered their Komatsu 270 the week before in preparation to dig on Monday morning. Carefully the excavator made its way to the site through the golf course. The contractor also had a large front end loader, trailer with supplies and a couple of trucks.
They were able to get all people and equipment into place and begin to dig by mid-day. After marking off the exact location to dig the well, the excavating began.
By 3pm the hole was 9 feet deep and they had met groundwater. I had figured as much since that was the level of the river, not too far from the site. The ponds had been drained significantly to reduce the amount of water pressure. With only a couple of hours left in the day they had decided to call it a day and begin the de-watering process in the morning.
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